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Lesson 5: Critical Reading Skills
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Lesson 5: Critical Reading Skills

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What does paraphrasing involve?

Putting or writing a text in your own words while maintaining the original information.

What is the difference between comparing and contrasting?

Comparing focuses on similarities, while contrasting focuses on differences.

Why is it important to evaluate an argument critically?

To determine if the claim or argument presented by the author is true and supported by evidence.

How can emotional manipulation be recognized in writing?

<p>When writers use false or exaggerated statements or appeals to influence readers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the SQ3R method for reading?

<p>Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between explicit and implicit information in a text?

<p>Explicit information is fully revealed, while implicit information is hinted at but not clearly stated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does critical reading involve?

<p>Engaging yourself in a text or any material that you are reading</p> Signup and view all the answers

List three characteristics a critical thinker must possess.

<ol> <li>Understands the relation of one idea to another</li> <li>Determines the importance and relevance of ideas and arguments</li> <li>Recognizes, builds, and appraises ideas and arguments</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of annotating in critical reading?

<p>Underlining or highlighting important ideas or points in a text</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain what contextual reading involves in critical reading.

<p>Studying the author of the text, the time period when it was written, and important events during that time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the purpose of outlining in critical reading.

<p>Arranging information and ideas according to hierarchy, with the main idea at the top followed by supporting ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the aim of summarizing in critical reading?

<p>Condensing or writing a material in the reader's own words</p> Signup and view all the answers

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